If a boat is adrift, it is moving on the water but is not controlled by anyone because of a problem.漂浮的;漂流的
He spent three days adrift on his yacht.他在游艇上漂流了3天。
If a person is adrift, they do not have a clear purpose in life or know what they want to do.随波逐流的;漫无目的的;漂泊无依的
Da Silva plays a bright, lonely student from New York, adrift in small-town Arizona.达席尔瓦饰演的角色是一个才华横溢的学生,离开纽约孤身漂泊在偏僻的亚利桑那州。
go/come adrift informal to become loose脱开;松开
The hem of my skirt's come adrift again.我的裙子褶边又散开了。
go adrift informal If plans go adrift, they fail or do not produce the correct results.出问题;出岔子
Something seems to have gone adrift in our calculations.我们的计算好像有什么地方出了问题。